Automatic railway gate



Jan. 17, 1928.v

' 1,656,281 C. O. MOYER AUTOMATIC RAILWAY GATE lFiled Dec. 3. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2' ing sockets for the reception of the pins when the bars are swung downwardly to closed position, and cooperating means on the ends ot the main bars for intertitting when the bars are lowered to closed position, said means and the pins constituting means for holding the gate against lateral swaying when closed.

2. The combination with spaced segmental gears and recessed counterweights carried thereby, of means iior simultaneously rotating the gears to swing the eounterweights toward or from each other, main bars tted in the recesses in the counterweights and movable with the gears and connterweights. secondary bars, links providing floating connections between the l.secondary bars and the main bars,l cooperating means on the free encs oi'i'l the main bars for holding said bai's against lateral shitting while in lowered or closed position, and means carried by the eral shifting while in lowered position.

3. The combination with spaced segmental gears and counterweights carried thereby, of a recessed roadbed between the gears, means beneath the roadbed for simultaneously actuating the gears to swing the counterweights toward or from each other, main bars extending trom the counterweights and movable therewith, secondary bars, links providing Heating connections between each secondary bar and one of the main bars, means on the secondary bars for entering the recesses in the roadbed when the bars are moved to lowered position thereby to hold said bars against lateral shifting, cooperating means on the free ends of the main bars tor holdingr said bars against lateral shitting when brought to closed position. and yielding supports carried by the free ends of the main bars for engagement with the roadbed when the bars. are brought to closed position.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature.

' CHAS. O. MOYER. 

